As for masks – copied from same site technocracy news – Are masks safe?
During walking or other exercise Surgical mask wearers had significantly increased dyspnea after a 6-minute walk than non-mask wearers. (30) Researchers are concerned about possible burden of facemasks during physical activity on pulmonary, circulatory and immune systems, due to oxygen reduction and air trapping reducing substantial carbon dioxide exchange. As a result of hypercapnia, there may be cardiac overload, renal overload, and a shift to metabolic acidosis. (31) Risks of N95 respirators Pregnant healthcare workers were found to have a loss in volume of oxygen consumption by 13.8% compared to controls when wearing N95 respirators. 17.7% less carbon dioxide was exhaled. (32) Patients with end-stage renal disease were studied during use of N95 respirators. Their partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) decreased significantly compared to controls and increased respiratory adverse effects. (33) 19% of the patients developed various degrees of hypoxemia while wearing the masks. Healthcare workers’ N95 respirators were measured by personal bioaerosol samplers to harbor influenza virus. (34) And 25% of healthcare workers’ facepiece respirators were found to contain influenza in an emergency department during the 2015 flu season. (35) Risks of surgical masks Healthcare workers’ surgical masks also were measured by personal bioaerosol samplers to harbor for influenza virus. (36) Various respiratory pathogens were found on the outer surface of used medical masks, which could result in self-contamination. The risk was found to be higher with longer duration of mask use. (37) Surgical masks were also found to be a repository of bacterial contamination. The source of the bacteria was determined to be the body surface of the surgeons, rather than the operating room environment. (38) Given that surgeons are gowned from head to foot for surgery, this finding should be especially concerning for laypeople who wear masks. Without the protective garb of surgeons, laypeople generally have even more exposed body surface to serve as a source for bacteria to collect on their masks. Risks of cloth masks Healthcare workers wearing cloth masks had significantly higher rates of influenza-like illness after four weeks of continuous on-the-job use, when compared to controls. (39) The increased rate of infection in mask-wearers may be due to a weakening of immune function during mask use. Surgeons have been found to have lower oxygen saturation after surgeries even as short as 30 minutes. (40) Low oxygen induces hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1). (41) This in turn down-regulates CD4+ T-cells. CD4+ T-cells, in turn, are necessary for viral immunity. (42) Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton Begin forwarded message: > From: Gmail <ironguard...@gmail.com> > Date: March 27, 2021 at 2:11:55 PM EDT > To: silver-list@eskimo.com, joneshorsera...@gmail.com, "Dagley L. Connie" > <dagle...@ornl.gov>, Jim Campbell <jim.53c...@frontier.com>, Melissa Dixon > <melissa.di...@fbitn.com> > Subject: Are masks safe? > > > > Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton > > > > > > > > > >
